tendon

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A band of tough, inelastic fibrous tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A tough band of inelastic fibrous tissue that connects a muscle with its bony attachment.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A tough insensible cord, bundle, or band of fibrous connective tissue uniting a muscle with some other part; a sinew.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A band or layer of dense fibrous tissue at the end of a muscle for attachment to a hard part, or interposed between two muscular bellies, usually where the direction of the muscle is changed; a sinew: said especially of such structures when rounded or cord-like, very broad flat tendons being commonly called fasciæ and aponeuroses.